Re: [Hampshire] suitable cable broadband wireless router?

Hi,

Victor Churchill wrote:
> Seasons greetings all,
>
> looking to replace the NTL-provided cable broadband modem/router with
> a wireless-enabled one. Obviously, must be Linux-friendly, and ideally
> a "just works" drop-in replacement for the existing router. Any
> experiences/recommendations?
>
>


I've had good results with Netgear, DLink, 3Com and Linksys. All of
these should be configurable with a web browser. The current router
given out by VM is the Netgear WGR614. It is only single antenna but it
seems to be solid.

I would stay well clear of Belkin as their Linux support is abysmal and
none of the distros I've tried can connect to any of their APs we have
at work using WPA2. I recently called for firmware information as the
software in the router didn't match what the website said it should and
was asked which OS I was using. As soon as I said Linux I was told to
"call Linux. They will help you." My query was nothing to do with Linux.
I just wanted to check I'd correctly identified the hardware as the
firmware was newer than the website said the latest version was.


Cheers,
Paul.